As part of the 14th session of the International Baikal Winter Urban Planning University in Irkutsk, a symposium on urban environment modernization will be held. One key topic will be transport systems in cities, an issue relevant to many Russian cities, including Irkutsk. Experts from Russia, Lebanon, the Netherlands, France, the United Kingdom and Germany will take part, and workshops for attendees will also be held at the House of Architects.
The event will take place as part of the 14th session of the International Baikal Winter Urban Planning University. The theme of this year’s session is “Modernization of the Urban Environment.”According to the deputy director of the IBWUPU, Evgeny Yamov, the symposium will be attended by prominent experts in the fields of urban planning, urban environment design, and city planning from Russia, Lebanon, the Netherlands, France, the United Kingdom, and Germany. One of the main topics of the meeting is the organization of transportation systems in cities. This is an issue that is relevant to most cities in Russia, including Irkutsk.
As the organizers promise, in addition to participating in the symposium, attendees will have the opportunity to attend master classes by Russian and international specialists at the Irkutsk House of Architects.
The symposium will be attended by:
Nicolas Bouchot, advisor to the president for strategic development at AREP Group in France (France);
Barbara Engel, Doctor of Architecture, member of the German Academy of Urban Planning and Landscape Architecture, member of the Berlin Chamber of Architects, head of the Department of Urban Planning Policy (Dresden, Germany);
Meiron Kirk, director of the BDP landscape and urban planning agency in London (London, United Kingdom);
Mikhail Shubenkov, vice-rector for the development of professional education at MARCHI, professor, Doctor of Architecture, corresponding member of the RAACS (Moscow, Russia).
Based on materials from the press service of the Irkutsk city administration